HIV, disability and discrimination: Making the links in international and domestic human rights law

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Elliott, Richard ^a   Utyasheva, Leah ^a   Zack, Elisse ^b,c  

^a Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network   (Canada)

^b Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77953377190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-12-29     Document Type: Article

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